ELVA'S POVI had just woken up from sleep. The makeup I had worn since the afternoon soiled my whole pillow while I slept. It was a total mess now and I needed to wash it off. I yanked off the pillowcase from the pillow and dropped it on the floor. Then I went into the bathroom and washed the makeup off my face.I took the soiled pillow case, together with three other dirty clothes I had, and went off to meet my favorite maid, Nana, so she could help me wash them. To be honest, the materials used in making my clothes in the palace were very difficult to scrub. I don't know how Nana did it, but she always washed them sparkling clean. But one thing I never let her do was my innerwear. It didn't sit right with me. I had the dirty clothes in my hand, walking past the corridor. When I walked past the staircase that led to the top of the castle, I paused when I saw Selena descending the stairs with a handsome young man.I gazed at them for a split second and continued to where I was going b
DARIAN'S POVWhen I told her that I wanted to place my palm on her bare chest, she freaked out."No, no, no. That's not happening," she said rashly."Trust me, Elva. If we do this and it doesn't work, you can report me to your father," I said to her."No. That's not assuring," she fretted. "Just tell me that you're not a pervert.""I'm not a pervert, I promise," I said to her."I can't believe this is happening," she said. She looked so nervous, battling with the decision to proceed or not. She really needed to know whether she was a werewolf or not, and I could sense it in her that she didn't want to forfeit the opportunity of figuring that out.The cottage was shady. No one would be able to make out what we were doing from afar. "Trust me," I said to Elva.After a few more minutes of deliberating over what action to take, Elva finally gave in."Please, I hope you're not trying to trick me," she said."I'm not," I said, watching her as she undid two buttons from her shirt, revealing
SELENA'S POV"Have I been here all this while?" His question echoed in my head.Yes, of course. I had walked in on them hugging each other. How could he not choose me over that wolf-less girl who didn't even show any interest in him?Tears trickled down my cheeks as I stood there staring meanly at him."What is wrong, Selena?" He came close."Please, stop there," I barked.Since Elva came into the kingdom, she had been stealing everything from me. She stole the king's attention from me. She stole the maids' admiration from me. She stoked the tailor's praises from me. And now, she had stolen the man I was in love with."You and her... You're both terrible people!" I cried out, running into the castle.He didn't even make an attempt to stop me or chase after me.Two days later, Prince Darian was still in the castle. He was meant to have gone back home by now. I wondered what kept him still.“Beautiful Selena,” the king called me.“Yes, sir,” I answered, jolting out of my thoughts.We we
ELVA’S POVEveryone gazed at me like something was missing from a part of my face.I stopped chewing the chunk of pork I had in my mouth.“What?!”Father took in a deep breath. “Do you mean to tell me that you don’t remember training today?” Father asked her.“Master Stewart hasn’t come yet,” I said.No sooner than I had said that, Mother walked into the dining table. She had been in her room all this while. I heard she was worried sick about me and had slept off while complaining that I needed to stop having harsh training sessions.Lu ran into the dining room right after Mum had come in.“Who’s up for some night race?” Lu asked.“When I’m done eating,” Selena said.“I’m up too,” Prince Darian said. “Me too,” I joined in.Once again, all eyes gazed at me like something was off with my face, or rather with my voice this time.“I’m sorry you can’t join them. The physician has to come and take a look at you tonight,” Dad said.“But he can come when I’m back from racing,” I insisted, “
ELVA’S POVPrince Darian and I held hands and he led the way. We strolled to the castle gate where the guards were. They were about ten guards and they looked like they all had been waiting for us to come.“Bring it,” Prince Darian said to the guards. Immediately, two of them turned around and hurried off to the guard house. I gazed at Darian with suspense, wondering if he had a surprise for me. I was curious about what he had told the guards to bring. But if it was a surprise, then I’d better not ruin it by asking what it was.Just then, the two guards who had hurriedly left to bring what Darian had ordered them to, returned pulling a cart with them. The cart had something on it. But whatever it was had been covered with a thick and long brown material.“Now, come over and see what I have for you,” Prince Darian said to me, pulling me gently by my hand.I tiptoed over to his side anxiously. What could it be? What could he want to show me?Immediately, Prince Darian pulled the thick b
ELVA’S POVDarian and I got back into the castle and it was time to say goodnight. It had gotten pretty late now, and for the best, I needed to sleep early so I could wake up in time for tomorrow’s training.Still holding hands, we took the stairs as our rooms were both upstairs. “Would you like to watch the shooting stars another time?” Darian suddenly asked me.“Most definitely,” I said, bubbling with excitement about the one I saw already, “they’re really beautiful to watch. If they’ll fly by tomorrow, I’ll watch again.”“Really?”“Of course,” I nodded.“You won’t be bothered coming out at night with me?” He asked me.“I won’t,” I told him, “I mean, that’s just what I did tonight.”“But this is like a first time for you,” he said to me.“I know. But there’s a first time to everything, right?” “Sure,” he nodded.We had gone midway up the stairs when Darian suddenly pulled me to a stop. I was in front of him, so my feet came to a halt a step higher than where he stood.“Darian,” I
ELVA’S POVKnock! Knock! Knock!I grumbled, “Who could it be this early morning.”Just then, I recalled that Prince Darian and I had been at the stairs last night kissing for four hours. We’d stop, say goodnight to each other, and when we had moved the slightest inch away from each other, one of us would pull the other back and we’d initiate another round of kissing.Due to that, I went to bed very late. And whenever I went to bed late, I always woke up late.“Shit!” I kicked off the pillow and I couldn’t tell how it had gone from being under my head to being under my feet.I stood up from the bed immediately and went to get the door. I pulled it open immediately and met a fierce-looking Selena before my eyes.“Hey, sis. Good morning,” I said to her. I was expecting a maid, not her.She didn’t respond. Instead, she glanced at me with curiosity, her eyes studying me from my head to the sole of my feet. Her eyes went back up to my nipples which I hadn’t noticed was perky.She sniffed at
ELVA’S POV“What were you two doing with Wolfsbane?” Mother asked Darian and me. I had just woken up from a nap which I couldn’t recall when I had kicked it off. “What’s wolfsbane?” I asked her.But Darian spoke up just then, “She came with it to my room, but the moment I tried to take it away from her, I started feeling dizzy before I finally slumbered off.”Mum was silent for some seconds after listening to Darian’s explanation, but I was yet to understand the whole situation.“Is it the flower I brought to you?” I turned to Darian.“Yeah,” he said to me, “that’s the flower we call wolfsbane. It has the ability to weaken we werewolves.”“Really?” I asked him.“Yes,” Mother interfered, “Why would you bring it to our visitor? What if it had killed him?”She was furious. She’d usually endure whatever foolish thing I did, but for some reason, she couldn’t just let this one slide.“Mum, I didn’t know it would do anything to him,” I said, “I didn’t even know what it was.”“And why did y